Fish Sarciado (Fish with Sauteed Fresh Tomatoes) »
Fried fish is only good the day it is made but it is perfect for sarciado (pomodoro sauce / sauteed tomatoes), it means cooked with or braised in sauteed tomatoes. I love everything with tomatoes and this dish is one of my favorite Filipino food. It’s so easy too. If you are using fresh fish, [...]
Low-Calorie Sesame Seed Balls »
These are not truffles but my version of sesame seed balls or what we call buchi in Filipino. I’ve always wanted to try making these because they’re very yummy, we usually have these on dimsum house/s for dessert. It’s crunchy and the inside is soft with sweet red bean paste in the middle. I got [...]
Chicken Cacciatore (My way, with Beer) »
I can’t tell you how delicious this dish is, you have to make it yourself to find out ;). I love chicken cacciatore*, I love any tomato-based dish especially if it’s slow-cooked like this one. This dish is an Italian classic, and traditionally made by adding wine but I didn’t have any wine when I [...]
Palitaw (Sweet Rice Dumplings with Coconut & Roasted Sesame Seeds) »
Palitaw is a type of kakanin (Filipino native sweet delicacies); It’s called palitaw because of the manner it’s cooked. It’s a sweet rice flour dough or dumpling that you cook by dropping it in boiling water, you’ll know when it’s cooked when it floats on the surface, hence the name Palitaw (litaw-meaning to show up [...]
Meatball Soup »
I was supposed to do siomai (steamed dumplings) but I ran out of wonton wrappers, I only have half a pack and wasted most of it in practising, most of it got torn, I managed to make some that looked close to decent, I steamed them, some have the wrapper stuck in the bottom and [...]
Champorado (Chocolate Rice Pudding/Porridge) »
This is my favorite breakfast as a kid, it’s quite obvious, isn’t it? I mean chocolate for breakfast?! Whoever thought of this was genius, no wonder I’m such a good girl and my siblings too, our mother always made sure we get our “happy meal” first thing in the morning :). We usually eat this [...]
Daring Cooks’ Challenge: Rice with Mushrooms,Cuttlefish and Artichokes »
This is my first challenge for the Daring Cooks, the host this month is Olga from Las Cosas de Olga and Olga’s Recipes. She chose a delicious Spanish recipe, Rice with mushrooms, cuttlefish and artichokes by José Andrés, one of the most important Spanish Chefs at the moment. I was a bit apprehensive at this [...]
Ina Garten’s Mango Banana Daiquiris »
Last month I joined a group called Barefoot Bloggers, it’s a group of bloggers dedicated to following the steps of Barefoot Contessa (Ina Garten) by recreating her recipes, twice in a month. I love Ina, I even call her my aunt Ina :) (shhh..) Love her recipes, I tried many of them before I even [...]
Chicken Pandan »
I’ve finally tried making chicken pandan (chicken tenders wrapped in pandan leaves and fried), I did it yesterday. I searched for a recipe online and found one here. I’ve always thought that chicken pandan is a Filipino dish but it turned out it’s Thai and Malaysian in origin. I got everything the recipe needs and [...]
Saengseon Jeon (Korean Pan Fried Fish Fillet) »
I’ve always wanted to try Korean cuisine, I like spicy foods and Koreans are known for it. I have a favorite spicy chicken recipe, but I’m not sure if that is really authentic Korean. This is officially my first try at it. SaengSeon in Korean means fish and Jeon refers to any lightly seasoned meat [...]
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